Legal Opinion
United States v. Heriberto Ruiz, A/K/A Echeverry, Jorge Marisio-Gonzalez and Valentin Montero
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 22, 1993No. 92-7108PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
Heriberto Ruiz-Echeverry and Jorge Marisio-Gonzalez appeal their convictions for conspiracy to import cocaine, and for felony possession of cocaine. Gonzalez also appeals from his conviction for interstate travel in aid of racketeering. 1 We find no reversible error. We AFFIRM.
I
In the mid-1980s, Nelson Clavijo, Stephen and Jeffrey Giachelli, and others conspired to import cocaine from South America into the United States by concealing it in shipments of barbed wire.
The first shipment at issue here, which contained 900 kilograms of cocaine, arrived in Jackson,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bourjaily v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- United States v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Donald James and David Anthony Butler, United States of America v. Henry Smith and Kenneth Wayne WhitmoreCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. LindellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Dempsey Buford Merida, David Lee Merida, William Benjamin King, Tim Walker and Billy Ray LilleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- United States v. HeacockCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
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